The new networking and talent-spotting initiative is supervised by Josef Kullengård, Head of Industry at the Göteborg Film Festival and Lina Norberg Johansson, Talent Manager at the Swedish Film Institute (SFI), in charge of the institute’s Talent to Watch.

The talent incubator is a three-year programme set up to help new creators and talents in Sweden the opportunity to develop and establish themselves in the Swedish film industry.

The ten feature projects selected have already been granted development support by regional film bodies in Sweden, as part of the SFI’s ‘Talent to Watch’.

Norberg Johansson says ‘Talent to Watch’ is “a unique collaboration with the country's film regions, where local talent has been developed over a couple of years, in different parts of the country”…”Anyone looking for original stories and interesting new voices should come to this pitch.”

Kullengård describes the selected projects as “an exciting line-up of feature film projects from all over Sweden, with an equally challenging and entertaining mix of stories and perspectives, with good international potential.”

The pitching session February 2, 2023 will be moderated by trade journalist and film festival consultant Wendy Mitchell.

List of projects part of Talent to Watch:

• Albatross
  Directed by Sophie Edvardsson, written by Simon Österhof
  Produced by Simon Österhof and Jakob Nyström with support from Film i Västerbotten.
• Demands of a Teenage Heart
  Directed by Lisa Meyer, co-writer with Anna Nygren
  Produced by Mario Adamson with support from Film i Väst
• Gertrud
  Directed by Maja Daniels, written by Jonas Hammarbäck
  Executive produced by Helene Granqvist with backing from Film i Dalarna
• Nipster
  Directed by Sunniva Eir Tangvik Kveum, co-writer with Sarah Olsson
  Produced by Adam Lunneborg, with support from Film i Skåne
• Porslin
  Directed and written by Ann Holmgren
  Produced by Andreas Emanuelsson andTony Österholm with support from Film i Västerbotten
• Skin to Skin
  Directed and written by Nanna Blondell
  Produced by Siri Hjorton Wagner with support from Film Stockholm
• Skoja bara
  Directed by Malene Begtrup, co-writer with Liv Kaastrup Vesterskov
  Producer TBC. Support from Film i Skåne
• Slynglarna
  Directed by Alecio Araci, co-writer with Andreas Nygård
  Produced by Alicia Hansen and Stina Eriksson with support from Film i Väst
• Stammen
  Directed and written by George Ivanov Öfverholm
  Produced by Sofia Ferguson with support from Film Stockholm
• The Love Pill
  Directed by Naures Sager, co-writer with Elmira Arikan
  Produced by Michael Detlef with backing from Film i Skåne

The Göteborg Film Festival runs January 27 to February 5.

The festival’s industry event Nordic Film Market will unveil its full line up January 17.